MRPL to start 100,000 bpd crude unit

Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals will soon operate its 100,000 barrel per day (bpd) crude unit, representing about a third of the plant´s overall capacity. MRPL had shut the crude unit due to a minor fire inside the vacuum heater. The company operates a 300,000 bpd coastal refinery in southern state of Karnataka.